Example sentences of "with the [noun sg] still [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the arrow still in place , the holes were virtually blocked . |
| 2 | Yorke would have been savouring the information ; Susan looking at him , perhaps , with the smile still on her face . |
| 3 | Joe lowered his hands , with the belt still around them . |
| 4 | And , even with the man still on his knees and half doubled-up with pain , his head , with its swept-back mane of hair , was still at a level with her waist … |
| 5 | ABOVE : Stoke Orchard Mill , and BELOW : the interior with the line-shafting still in place during the 1950s . |
| 6 | With the country still in deep recession , Mr Kinnock has to superintend a set of domestic polities which are complex , high-risk and frighteningly expensive , with the risk of disaster unless he changes his whole approach to administration . |
| 7 | On 23 October a truck containing 12,000 pounds of explosives was driven into the US Marine 's barrack compound and detonated with the driver still at the wheel , killing 241 servicemen . |
| 8 | On the other hand he did , once on the jetty , bend his knees carefully so that he could deposit my suitcase next to another item of my luggage before loping off somewhere else with the sack still on his head . |
| 9 | If you need to change angle to land on the line , you take two slight passes , the first either stopping with the wood still on the back table , or starting with it already on the front table , depending which way you want to tilt . |
| 10 | There were six of them , five with small slices taken out and the sixth with the knife still in it . |
| 11 | The kidneys are lambs ’ , and yes — they have been grilled with the fat still on them — the marmalade is thick-cut , the food is superb and the waiters are underpaid . |
| 12 | But he denied attempting to murder Ivor Stokle and Pauline Leyshon by pushing their burning car over the edge of a cliff with the couple still inside it . |
| 13 | There was an anxious moment for the Cobblers when Hampson had to be taken off , but he was soon back , and half-time arrived with the score still at 1–1 . |
| 14 | ‘ He was standing there with the blood still on his cuffs , ’ one MP explained . |
| 15 | Many jobs such as replacing a balance beam can be done with the lock still in use : replacing or repairing a gate often requires a major stoppage . |
| 16 | It was only a week later , with the district still in the iron grip of winter , that my bedside phone jangled me from slumber . |
| 17 | In May 1987 with the club still in the first and the accounts showing a profit , Robert Maxwell , under fire for his involvement in other clubs like Watford and Derby County , handed chairmanship to his son Kevin . |
| 18 | With loud cries of ‘ Stop thief ! ’ , he ran after Oliver with the book still in his hand . |
| 19 | On shelves to one side stood retorts containing limbs with the flesh still on them , floating in preserving fluid — human limbs , I supposed , but did not attempt to identify them . |
| 20 | As of the end of October , however , stalemate persisted , with the JNA still in possession of the building and no negotiations having taken place . |
| 21 | Eventually you should be able to walk anywhere and everywhere with the model still in front of you . |
| 22 | He dropped the bulbs , with the earth still round them , into the case . |
| 23 | The IMF has therefore taken fright at the thought that with the economy still in recession , the Government 's tax revenues are at best static , while spending on unemployment benefit and income supplements are rising in line with the unemployment figures , and the deficit on the Chancellor 's own admission is set to reach £37 billion this financial year and £44 billion next . |
| 24 | Apart from the fact that we made a profit from the Gulf war , may I ask the Minister to say what else was achieved by it , with Saddam Hussein still in power and carrying out his evil acts and with the dictatorship still in power in Kuwait ? |
| 25 | And here was Joe , brushing her plans aside like cobwebs with the dew still on them , not even knowing what he was doing . |
| 26 | She did not need , while wearing boots with the mud still on them , to give the teacher an advanced lesson in maths . |